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Ormeau betrayed

The Parades Commission's decision to allow the Apprentice Boys' parade to go ahead along the nationalist Ormeau Road shows that it is bending over backwards to accommodate the Loyal Orders. more

Report of the Victims Commission

Widespread disappointment has been expressed at the recommendation that an inquiry into the Dublin/Monaghan bombings of 1974 and the murder of Seamus Ludlow should be held in private.

Confident nationalists mark internment

Thousands walked from the Bobby Sands Memorial in Twinbrook to the City Hall in Belfast City Centre on Sunday, 8 August to mark the 29th anniversary of the introduction of internment.

Real reform or Fianna Fáil stroke?

The Fianna Fáil Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Noel Dempsey, has called for the scrapping of the current Dáil electoral system in the 26 Counties.

IRA says cessation is intact

An IRA statement released on Friday, 6 August, confirmed that the IRA cessation, in place since July 1997, is still intact.

West ignores Kurdistan as Ocalan faces execution

Mireille Court, travelled to Turkish-occupied Kurdistan in the last week of July to assess the reaction to the abduction, trial and death sentence meted out to the leader of the Kurdistan resistance.

RUC let off again by British system

Clarification is being sought of the decision not to prosecute any members of the RUC over a vicious assault on the 40-year-old cousin of Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams.

Ireland's planning power deficit

There is a major conflict brewing between developers and local communities as the developers tear down whole districts for redevelopment and select sites for dumps, pylons or mobile phone masts.

Loyalists target Belfast nationalists

Loyalist warnings that the UDA's ceasefire is on ``tenterhooks'' are being ``underscored by an increase in loyalist activity in Belfast'', Sinn Féin councillor Tom Hartley has told An Phoblacht.

Plastic bullets kill

A new report into the use of plastic bullets in the North says that two in every five plastic bullet injuries inflicted during the 1996 Drumcree standoff were potentially life-threatening.

Construction workers plan mass meeting

Cuts in holiday pay and exclusion from partnership negotiations are just two of the issues that could lead to industrial unrest among construction workers this week.

Doolan welcomes task force money

The announcement on Tuesday of an additional £15 million for drugs task forces in Dublin, Wicklow and Cork has been welcomed by the Dublin Sinn Féin representatives.

Prison memories at the Felons

As in previous years, Prisoner Day at the West Belfast Festival proved to be one of the most popular events of the Festival.

Crowe urges re-think on PfP

Dublin Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Crowe has welcomed the news that Ireland is to be admitted to the international Conference on Disarmament.

Housing crisis can be ended

Figures from the Housing Needs Assessment have showed increases of up to 200 per cent in some areas.

Do the carers really care?

There is an illness in modern Ireland that dare not speak its name, writes Robert Allen


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